Saturday, May 19, 2007

Troop 1: Meeting 2

Coordinators:
Dan, Ash, Ain, Jean, Greetha

Activities:
- Circle of Energy:
  • This is an energiser activity to foster team cohesiveness and to encourage bonding.

- F1 Straw Track:
  • This activity requires participants to build a race track for a toy car using only straws and tape. The track needs to be elevated and consist of at least one bend. The challenge is for participants to design a track that allows the car to move the furthest without toppling over.


Science Scouts busy constructing their F1 Straw Track.

- Silent Structures:
  • This is an activity designed to foster teamwork and communication while approaching concepts related to structure stability and design. Teams have to construct a structure made from paper rolls that can house a team member and is solid enough to survive a 1 metre drop. Structure must be freestanding.


A team is constructing their structure using paper rolls and masking tape.



It wasn't easy for the Science Scouts to do this in complete and utter silence!

- Take-Home Activity:
  • Scouts are given a sheet with 4 close-up shots of different objects. They are to guess what the objects are by observing visual details and deducing possible options.

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